Still waiting for Zhaoyang

Chapter 15
In fact, she was indeed froze. She originally hired a carriage to come here, but halfway there, the coachman said that the snow was too thick and would freeze her horse, and asked Xiayue to pay more.When she got angry, she walked here by herself, her cheeks were already pale with cold, and the breath she exhaled in the snow was no longer warm.

But she said stubbornly: "If you pick it up, return it to me, and I can redeem it with silver."

Shang Rui Yile: "I am a person who loves everything, except money."

Xia Yue was stunned, not knowing what to do for a while.

Shang Rui gestured: "I asked someone to make tea for you. If you take a few sips, maybe I will tell you the whereabouts of that thing as soon as I am happy."

Xia Yue sighed and had to open the lid, but hesitated.

"Don't worry, I won't put any ecstasy. Otherwise, you can drink my cup." He took another big sip from his teacup, winked at Xia Yue, and suppressed the tricks on his lips A triumphant smile that succeeds.

Xia Yue had no choice but to wait for half a cup of hot tea to go down before taking a deep breath.The warm white mist came out of his mouth, and his lips immediately returned to their original rosy color.She calmed down and looked at the man in front of her.

He was older than Zijin, about 23 or [-] years old.

At a glance, his appearance is indeed similar to Zijin's, but his expression and tone when he speaks, and the eyebrows when he smiles, give people a completely different feeling.

Zijin is quiet, warm and kind.

As for this person, his outline is slightly tough and handsome, and there is an unconcealable arrogance in his brows. In Xia Yue's view, there are four words written on his face - disgusting.

"Miss Xuexian, you..."

"Don't call Xuexian Xuexian, I have a name and a surname." Xia Yue stared at him uncontrollably.

Shang Rui pretended to be surprised: "Then?"

"My surname is Min." She really didn't know why she was blind yesterday to see the wrong person.

"Oh—" He dragged out the ending again, and then suddenly realized, "Min Xuexian."

"Puchi—" He Xiang behind Xia Yue couldn't help laughing when she heard the words.

Xia Yue was finally unable to argue with him anymore, she just wanted to know the whereabouts of the jade pendant, and explained: "It's Min Xiayue."

"Min Xiayue." Shang Rui put the teacup in front of his lips, slowly recalling these three words from his mouth, and then suddenly said, "I've seen you."

"..."

Except for Shang Rui himself, the other three people present were all in agreement.I haven't seen it before, how could I pick up her jade pendant.

Xia Yue didn't care whether he had seen it before, the two drank the tea in the cup, and asked again: "Now, can you please return the things to me, my lord?"

Shang Rui took out Yuchan from his arms: "This one?"

Xia Yue said anxiously: "Yes."

"I still want to ask the girl something." Suddenly, he changed his normal tone and became serious, "How can Miss Min have this thing?"

Hearing this, Xia Yue's heart was like a string on a piano, and it was suddenly tightened. She tried her best to suppress the panic in her heart, and said calmly: "It's just that my father bought it from a jewelry dealer before his death."

He frowned slightly, unable to tell whether he believed it or not, and asked casually, "Does your father know its origin?"

Shaking her head, Xia Yue pretended to be confused and said, "Please enlighten me, my lord."

He stood up, took a few steps, held the jade in his hand, and stared back at Xia Yue, as if he wanted to see something, and after a long while, he turned around and looked into the distance with his hands behind his back, thoughtfully.

"The name of this jade is Zijin. It is said that it is a treasure left by the ancient Emperor Gaoxin in the mortal world. It was buried with him, and later it was acquired by our emperor Taizu unintentionally. It has been hidden in the forbidden palace for 200 years. At that time, Yang, the concubine of the first prince Shangning, lost two sons and gave birth to the only son. The first emperor, Longyan Dayue, immediately rewarded this jade to the younger son, and named him King Yanping. A tragic accident happened, and this jade disappeared. Therefore, this jade is not auspicious, please keep it safe, lest the government see it and charge it as a traitor." His voice was already extremely pleasant, but now he said a long and deep voice. Serious words make people listen more carefully.

Shang Rui let out a long sigh, as if to seal up the past again, and then handed the jade to Xia Yue.

When she took it, there was still warmth from his hand on it.

Thinking of Shang Rui's words, her stubbornness rushed to her head again, she got up and retorted: "But the rumors among the people are not quite the same as what the young master said. It is said that the Queen Mother Xu, who was favored by the Xu family back then, Concubine, when the first emperor was seriously ill, she controlled the imperial palace with the soldiers of the Central Imperial Army under the control of her brother Xu Jingye. After the emperor's funeral, he kept the funeral secret and sent people to secretly destroy the prince's family overnight. His son, Wei Shangrui, was sent to the throne."

He Xiang tugged at Xia Yue's clothes in horror, signaling Xia Yue not to say these evil words any longer.

Shang Rui turned his head, his expression paused slightly, and an unknown smile rose from the corner of his mouth: "Young lady, aren't you afraid of misfortune coming out of your mouth?"

"There is no one in the market who doesn't know, I just..." Xia Yue's blood cooled down, and she suddenly felt regretful.

With a bright smile on his lips, he sat down again.

"It's fine to say these things in front of me. Don't mention them again in the future, otherwise there will be endless troubles."

"I……"

Shang Rui put his finger in front of his lips and made a silent gesture: "Be obedient. Otherwise, I can't help but want to arrest you to see the official and receive a reward."

Originally, the speaker may have good intentions, but with the corner of his mouth that seems to be smiling but not smiling, and the word "obedient" coaxing a child, Xia Yue's words are all frivolous words.

"It's fine to meet the official, or you can tie me up and go directly to receive the reward, whatever you want!" Xia Yue stood up, slightly annoyed.

"What do you really want to do with me?" Shang Rui also got up, and said step by step.

"What do you want to do?"

"Since you want to do what I want, I want to try again." Yuba turned his gaze to Xia Yue's lips.

"You!" She was even more annoyed immediately, and raised her hand to slap him again, but Shang Rui grabbed her hand.

He shook his head: "I'm not that stupid. You got me twice."

"Let go!" Xia Yue raised her head and glared at him stubbornly.

He didn't let go, he held her right wrist, hanging in the air.

"I tell you to let go." Xia Yue struggled a bit.

Shang Rui said indifferently: "I don't like people ordering me the most." Those people in the palace all followed his hair, and treated his frown and frown as big things. No one dares to disobey him.

Xia Yue wanted to forcefully pull her hand out, but he retracted her fingers and tightened her grip.

Unexpectedly, after being made so painful, she not only refused to give in, but raised her remaining left hand and continued to resist.She was holding the jade in her left hand, if it wasn't for the importance of the jade, she would definitely have smashed his eyes and nose at him.Now, she only dared to hold it tightly, clenched her fist and swung it towards him.

Shang Rui is a person who has practiced martial arts, and it really doesn't take any energy to deal with her, and he quickly restrained her with the other hand.

He has never accommodated anyone in his life, especially a woman, being so stubborn by Xia Yue made him displeased.And when she was angry, her face was red, and she bit her lower lip. At this moment, both hands were restrained by him, and she couldn't move a bit.

The two stood in a stalemate, standing in the snow, neither giving in.

Seen from a distance, they are close together, their postures are slightly ambiguous, but their expressions are not suitable for the occasion.

"Miss Min," Shang Rui sneered, "Even if you haven't learned to serve men before, someone must have taught you how to be a woman."

When Xia Yue heard this, she became even more angry, and almost spat on his face.

He Xiang on the side was in a hurry and didn't know what to do.

Helplessness arose in Ming Lian's heart. It was Shang Rui who made fun of the girl first, but the girl didn't follow him, so he was still not happy, so he persuaded: "My lord..."

Shang Rui glanced at him: "It's not for you to interrupt."

Minglian bowed his head and dared not speak again.

Unexpectedly being interrupted by someone like this, most of Shang Rui's displeasure disappeared immediately.He raised his eyebrows, hesitated for a moment and let her go.

The jade cicada was not too big, but it still showed a sharp point in Xia Yue's palm.He had already let go of her wrist, but he couldn't help turning his right hand back in mid-air, and he couldn't help but want to look at the jade again.Unexpectedly, she reacted very quickly this time, she quickly retracted her hands behind her back, looked at him warily, and tightly guarded her things, she looked like a cat afraid of being snatched by people.

Shang Rui laughed dumbfoundedly.

"I've seen you before." He said it a second time.

Xia Yue didn't understand what he meant, so she retorted, "What does it have to do with me?"

He wasn't annoyed this time, he just smiled and fell silent.

After a while, he looked at her and said, "I bullied you just now, why didn't you cry?"

Xia Yue suddenly felt that this person was extremely ridiculous: "I cry when I want to cry, laugh when I want to laugh, what does it have to do with you."

"What does the one on the left have to do with you, and the one on the right has nothing to do with me. Are you talking to anyone like this?"

"It was you who were rude first." Xia Yue said.

"Anyway, I didn't pick up the lost things once." Shang Rui gestured to the jade pendant in her hand.

Xia Yue looked at Na Yu with downcast eyes, startled, what happened to her, she almost got into a fight with this man.So, she didn't answer any more, put the jade close to her body, hesitated for a while, then stiffly committed herself to salute Shang Rui, "Thank you".

He Xiang followed suit and said goodbye together.

The master and servant walked back to the avenue for a few steps, when the sky suddenly turned dark and began to snow again, the wind was bitterly cold.The wind blows snow slag into the neck, which is extremely cold.

(End of this chapter)